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YALE ALWee fan Wey YALE ALUN WERKLY. Published ev Thursday a and conducted by a Graduate faittor, and Assistants from the Board ¢ YALE DAILY NEWS. SUBSCRIPTION. - $2.50 PER YEAR. Foreign Postage, $5 cents per year. itor and Assomate PAYABLE TN ADVANOE. Checks, drafts and orders should be made payable to the Yale Alumni Weekly. All correspondence should be addressed, Yale Alumni Weekly, New Haven, Conn. ADVISORY BOARD. For College Year, '96-7: H. C. Rosprnson, 53. W. W. SKIpDpDY, ‘658. Cc. P. Linpsitey, 75S. L. S. WELon, ’89. W. Camp, ’80. E. VAN INGEN, °91 S&S. W. G. DaaGcerr, 80. P. JAY, 92. EDITOR, Lewis 8. WELCH, 89. ea ASSOCIATE EDITOR, WALTER CAMP, °80. NEWS EDITOR, GRAHAM SUMNER, ’97. ASSISTANTS, JOHN JAY, 798, H. W. CHAMBERS, ’99. R. W. CHANDLER, 1900. BUSINESS MANAGER, E. J. THOMPSON, Sp. (Office, Room 6, White Hall.) J. R. SHEFFIELD, °8%, J. A. HARTWELL, °89S. Entered as second ciass matter at New Haven P. O. NEw HAVEN, CONN., MARCH 4, 1897, MR. LAMPSON’S WILL. Through the courtesy of Mr. Farnam, Treasurer of the University, the Week- ly is able to print in this issue, the exact terms of Mr. Lampson’s splendid bequest to the University. We use the words “exact terms,’’ but the form of the legacy rather forbids any techni- cal construction. There is certainly nothing narrow about Mr. Lampson’s spirit towards Yale or the form which his generosity took. He had some def- inite ideas as to the particular fields of usefulness which might employ his means, but he knew that those whose life was given to a study of the needs of the University would know even bet- ter than he just where the funds would be of greatest need and highest service. So he has left the Corporation a very broad field in which to exercise their discretion. The very liberality of his provision would, of course, preclude the possi- bility of a use of the money which was not in accord with the spirit of the bequest, if indeed there would be any danger of that under any circum- stances. -It is worth while to dwell on this feature of Mr. Lampson’s great benefaction to Yale. To give in such a way is to add enormously to the value of the gift. We were inclined to believe that we were putting a rather low estimate on the value of the property in our last issue. We hope that we did, but it is the opinion of those who know most about the property which has come to Yale that as much as can reasonably be hoped is, that it may reach towards half a million dollars. It will, in all probability, prove to be the largest be- quest ever made to the University and in the history of all the departments of Yale will be exceeded only by Mr. Shef- field’s bequest to the Sheffield Trus- tees. No definite statement of the value of the property is possible until an inven- tory has been filed or an appraisal made. —_—__—_+->— -The Weekly reprints in full elsewhere President Schurman’s reply to Presi- dent Stryker, of Hamilton College, in his recent debate with him before a convention of teachers of New York State. The issue which the recent ac- tion of Cornell in regard to the B. A. degree has again raised, is properly al- the College Terms @& Editors af ways a very live one in the educational world. It goes without saying that the President of Cornell defends his po- sition with force and interest. ; ———_ ee When the administration of President Dwight is again reviewed, facts and figures of Yale’s material growth will show even more splendidly than ever. The Lampson bequest makes a large feature in a report covering any length of time. ——__4@—___—__- The Spirit for the Future. These incidents were probably inev- itable, and are no longer of any conse- quence except as suggesting that in fu- ture the relations between Yale and Harvard would be better sustained by mutual forbearance, and by a depart- ure from methods of intercommunica- tion and counteracting criticisms which have already once made mischief. The literary bureau and the diplomatic corps should be permanently abolished and in their place should be substi- tuted the standard of sportsmanship which exists between Oxford and Cam- bridge. The two universities should re- main rivals in every field of athletic endeavor, but they should also remain friends. Neither should attempt to con- ceal from the other what it is doing in preparation for a contest. The stu- pidest and at the same time the most irritating practice in the past has been to set spies upon one another, to take the time of a crew for example, as if the information acquired played any part whatever in the result of a race. Yale should welcome Harvard to her boat house, her ball field or her gym- nasium, just as one gentleman should welcome another to his house. Hither there should exist between these two universities, the highest standard of comity, or they should be kept perma- nently apart. With such a relation ex- isting between them, there would be no chance for a disagreement. Aside from the arrangement of dates and the acceptance of sporting rules soverning each contest, the only asgree- ment necessary between Yale and Har- vard is: ‘‘May the best man win. A fair field and no favor.’’ This is what the great body of graduates and un+ dergraduates of both institutions desire What the bookmakers and dead game sports of the turf desire need not con- cern college athletes. There has already been too much playing to the galleries, and too little dignified sportsmanship of the kind recently displayed by the brave and gallant Ithacans. Let there be less hero worship, and more Uni- versity pride. N. G. Osborn, ’80. - w= Bin (I ot FR The Musical Department, | ‘The growth cf the Musical Depart- ment the past year is in keeping with its history from the foundation of thé department. The piano department has especially grown and Professor Sanford has been obliged to devote one day more a week to his pupils than hereto- fore. Not only has the number of stu- dents increased, but the quality of work is better than ever. This year, for the first time, students of the Uni- versity are admitted to the New Haven Symphony Orchestra for a very small sum. This organization, which is under the direction ef Professor Horatio W. Parker, gives four concerts during the Winter. It is a complete and well- equipped orchestra of about fifty play- ers and a valuable adjunct to the De- partment of Music and to the musical life of New Haven. ‘ Students of orchestration are afford- ed an opportunity to hear their work actually performed, and any composi- tion which is original and of sufficient merit may be performed publicly. The Same orchestra affords an opportunity to acquire orchestra routine to these students of the violin who are able to pass the examination for admission to the orchestra. 'The most advanced stu- dents of piano-playing, as well as vio- lin-playing, are allowed to rehearse with the orchestra, and to perform publicly, if, in the judgment of the fac- ulty of the Department, they are fitted to do so. The Steinert Scholarship for organ- playing has been won by W. W. Chand- ler, °96, of New Haven, and that for violin by Miss Emma Spiesk, of Hart- ford. The scholarship in piano was not awarded, but the amount resulting from it was devoted to paying in part the charges of the other students. —_———- >> —___—_- Taxation Enforced at Williams ; College. The Williamstown Assessors were upheld, in listing for taxation, certain land and houses of Williams College, occupied by the librarian, head carpen- ter, superintendent of college buildings, director of gymnasium and professors, by the full bench in the Supreme Court ‘day, February 24. The college asked for an abatement of the tax on the grounds of Massachusetts at Boston on Wednes- that the property was used for pur- poses for which the college was incor- porated, and that the buildings were occupied by officers of the college. The court admitted that the buildings were occupied by officers, but claimed that as a special sum ($1,917) was deducted from the salaries, the college thus de- rived an income. In giving its verdict the court said: “In the present case the occupants Were each in the sole occupation of the premises, and the occupation was for strictly private purposes, and the con- trol of the premises, which they occu- pied, was with them. That the rent was paid by a monthly deduction from the salaries instead of being paid di- rectly to the College is immaterial. It has been held many times that to ex- empt the real estate of a corporation under the statutes we are considering, it is not enough that the income is ap- plied to the purposes of the corporation, but the real estate itself must be occu- pied for those purposes. It is not enough that the corporation derives a benefit from the occupation of the real estate, but the real estate must be oc- cupied by the corporation or its offi- cers for the purpose of carrying into effect the purposes of the corporation.”’ & > 4 Louisville Alumni to Reorgan- ize. Plans are on foot to re-organize the Alumni Association of Louisville and Kentucky, which has not held a meét- ing for several years. About March 20 a meeting will be held in Louisville, at which officers of the Association will be elected and the club reorganized. It is the intention of those interested to form plans for arranging theassociation on a-strong basis and for holding several meetings during the year, in this way bringing the men together in a strong bond of friendship and union. The pro-~ posed meeting is to be immediately fol- lowed by a banquet. Already over 25 signatures to the vlan have been obtained, and those who have been most active in making the ar- rangements, among whom is Stuart McKnight, ’93, are confident of success. Lp a» ~~ oe A New Specimen for the Yale Museum. On December 5, 1896, there was cast ashore on the heach that stretches south of St. Augustine for many miles, an enormous sea monster which was supposed to have been a devil fish or octopus. Fragments of the body have been cut off and sent to Prof. A. E. Verrill, of the Peabody Museum. Prof. Verrill has given the Weekly the fol- lowing description of it: ‘Large masses of the sea monster re- cently found on the Florida coast have been received by me, within the last few days. They are fairly well pre- served and show by their structure that the creature was not an octopus, as had been supposed by me and oth- ers. The structure of the masses sent is not muscular, but consists of a tough, elastic mass of fibers and cords of white, strong, connective tissue, from three to ten inches thick. It is about as hard to cut as India rubber or sole leather. This structure resem- bles the blubber of some _ kind of whales, more than any thing else, but contains very little oil. “Tt is impossible to decide. at pres- ent, as to what particular sea-monster this enormous pouch-like mass could have belonged. It does not seem pos- sible that it can be any part of any known whale, though its structure is very whale-like. There are apparently no bones in the mass, which is pear- shaped and 21 feet long and six feet in diameter. There are no external ap. pendages to it.’’ —_—__—___~+4—___—_- Mr. G. D. Kellogg, who graduated from the Academical Department in 1895. and has since been taking a post graduate course, has, since the Christ- mas vacation, been conducting Mr. Guy V. Thompson’s recitations in So- phomore Latin. Mr. Thompson has, during this time, been _ traveling abroad, but has recently returned and resumed his work. Mr. Kelloge in- tends now to continue his study in the Graduate Department. Steins or 33 3 uuu Cankards. In FLEMISH 2 WARE decorated in colors, GERIIAN .* WARE, brown DOULTON, -* blue with College Seal Growlers “Here’s to good old Yale” are shown by 2 2% THE GEORGE H. FORD COMPANY. & © SID IN IF IN IF IN IN INS -0- e i] The Freshmen basket ball team de- defeated the Co. 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